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The Nile was also a convenient and efficient means of transportation for people and goods. The Nile was also an important part of ancient Egyptian spiritual life. Hapi was the god of the annual floods, and both he and the pharaoh were thought to control the flooding. The Nile was considered to be a causeway from life to death and the afterlife.
The site today remains at the nucleus ... in 1168 the Fatimid vizier Shawar set fire to unfortified Fustat to ... surrounded by the Nile. Cairo is located in ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding in waters near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and ...
The Nile was also an important part of ancient Egyptian spiritual life. In the Ancient Egyptian religion, Hapi was the god of the Nile and the annual flooding of it. Both he and the pharaoh were thought to control the flooding. The annual flooding of the Nile occasionally was said to be the Arrival of Hapi. [3]
STORY: This exhibition documents life on the banks of river Nile Location: Cairo, Egypt‘Everyday Nile’ showcases work by photographers, journalists and researcherscoming from different Nile ...
A major fire ravaged the 80-year-old iconic Al-Ahram Studio in Cairo, causing extensive damage and spreading to adjacent buildings on Saturday morning.
One traditional Jewish understanding of the term Naḥal Mizraim is that it refers to the Nile.This view appears in the Palestinian Targum on Numbers 34:5, where נחלה מצרים is translated נילוס דמצריי ("the Nile of the Egyptians"; preserved in the Neophiti and Vatican manuscripts, as well as in Pseudo-Jonathan), [10] in addition to medieval commentaries by Rashi and David ...
At least 10 Egyptian women and children died Tuesday when a small bus carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo, health authorities said.